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Justin S. Eloriaga Advanced Microeconomics II
Advanced Microeconomics II: Welfare Economics
Course Details
Course Code: ECO603M / Advanced Microeconomics II: Welfare Economics
Prerequisite: ECO503M
Faculty: Justin Raymond S. Eloriaga
Term/Time/Room: Term 3 AY 2019-20 / T 1800-2100 (G01) / Full Online
Course Description
ECO603M is the second of a two-course Intermediate Microeconomic Theory sequence. This course is designed to formalize and extend
the basic concepts of Microeconomic analysis that students were introduced to in their basic Microeconomics course. It concentrates
on partial equilibrium analysis of price determination in the market for goods under perfectly competitive markets and imperfectly
competitive markets (monopoly, oligopoly and monopolistic competition) and their welfare implications, the process by which a
competitive market reaches general equilibrium, the efficiency and welfare implications of a competitive model of market
interdependence at general equilibrium, and the limits to optimal market allocation (market failures) due to externalities and public
goods. At the intermediate level, the course will provide a more theoretical treatment of these topics that the students have been
exposed to in previous basic principles of economics courses.
Similar to the approach in ECO503M, the teaching approach in ECO603M puts emphasis on honing the student’s problem-solving skills
such as the ability to apply abstract theoretical concepts to simple numerical examples and extract relevant relationships from complex
economic systems. Just as in ECO503M, the analysis in this course will involve the use of three modes of inquiry: rigorous use of verbal
reasoning and mathematical modeling and graphical modeling. The mathematical approach involves calculus, optimization, and solution
of simultaneous equations. While this formalism is essential for a modern treatment of microeconomics, the presentations in class will
also emphasize graphical techniques, especially for the building of intuition. Chapter 2 of Nicholson and Snyder (2017), the Mathematical
Appendix of Varian (2014), and the Mathematical Appendix of Besanko and Braeutigam (2013) sufficiently provide the mathematical
tools and techniques required for this course.
OBJECTIVES/VALUES
The overall goal of this course is to complete the students’ knowledge of the building blocks of modern microeconomic theory by
introducing and working with models that were not discussed in ECO503M. In particular, this course is intended to:
1. Provide the students with the analytical framework for evaluating the relationship between market structure, equilibrium, and
efficiency.
2. Introduce and explain the concept of general equilibrium in perfectly competitive markets and how it differs from the notion of
partial equilibrium that was previously discussed in ECO503M.
3. Introduce and explain the concept of externalities, how private market-based decision making fails to yield efficient outcomes
from a general welfare perspective, and how government intervention and regulation can correct for the effects of such
externalities.
4. Prepare students for more advanced courses in economics such as Public Finance, Labor Economics, Development Economics,
Economics of Information, Financial Economics, Managerial Economics, International Economics / International Trade and Finance,
and Industrial Organization where students are expected to have a firm grasp of intermediate microeconomic concepts and
theories.
5. Enhance students’ problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills by using verbal reasoning, graphs, and mathematics to
evaluate economic problems and issues.
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
School of Economics Expected Lasallian Graduate Learning Outcomes
Attributes (ELGAs)
LO1: Identify, describe, and compare various imperfectly
competitive market structures, how they are organized,
how firms strategically compete in such markets, the
process by which these markets reaches partial equilibrium
and the partial equilibrium outcomes of these markets, at
the mathematical and intuitive levels.
LO2: Describe the process by which a perfectly competitive
market reaches general equilibrium, the nature of general
equilibrium outcomes, and why these outcomes are
Intellectually Inquisitive efficient, at the mathematical and intuitive levels.
LO3: Identify and describe the necessary conditions for
efficiency and the various reasons why the equilibrium
outcomes in imperfectly competitive markets are
inefficient while the perfectly competitive general
equilibrium outcomes are efficient.
LO4: Identify and describe some forms of market
externalities and their implications on welfare.
LO5: Generate the equilibrium outcomes for various
market structures and investigate their welfare properties.
LO6: Assess when it is appropriate for government to
regulate certain markets and identify some possible
Technically proficient regulatory approaches.
LO7: Design government regulation and assess it impact on
welfare.
LO8: Apply microeconomic theory to analyze and critically
evaluate the welfare effects of government intervention in
Agent of positive social change various markets through economic policy.
LO9: Exhibit willingness to determine and contribute to
desirable social outcomes.
LO10: Develop capacity to be open to objective and
constructive feedback from supervisors and peers.
Globally Competitive LO11: Develop a capacity for and willingness to engage in
self-reflection.
LO12: Develop willingness to navigate difficult social
situations, diffuse conflict, and engage positively in
purposeful debate.
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In the process of learning the economic way of thinking, the students are expected to improve their analytical skills, ability to solve
problems, and the quality of decision-making. These skills will be tremendously useful to students in future courses in economics and
in the job market. Finally, students should be able to express their analyses and appraisals in written form.
Learning Outcome Student Assessment Methods
LO1: Identify, describe, and compare various imperfectly
competitive market structures, how they are organized,
how firms strategically compete in such markets, the Problem Set 1
process by which these markets reaches partial Problem Set 2
equilibrium and the partial equilibrium outcomes of
these markets, at the mathematical and intuitive levels.
LO2: Describe the process by which a perfectly
competitive market reaches general equilibrium, the
nature of general equilibrium outcomes, and why these Problem Set 3
outcomes are efficient, at the mathematical and intuitive
levels.
LO3: Identify and describe the necessary conditions for
efficiency and the various reasons why the equilibrium Problem Set 1
outcomes in imperfectly competitive markets are Problem Set 2
inefficient while the perfectly competitive general Problem Set 3
equilibrium outcomes are efficient.
LO4: Identify and describe some forms of market Problem Set 1
externalities and their implications on welfare. Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
LO5: Generate the equilibrium outcomes for various Problem Set 1
market structures and investigate their welfare Problem Set 2
properties. Problem Set 3
LO6: Assess when it is appropriate for government to Problem Set 1
regulate certain markets and identify some possible Problem Set 2
regulatory approaches. Problem Set 3
LO7: Design government regulation and assess it impact Problem Set 1
on welfare. Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
LO8: Apply microeconomic theory to analyze and Problem Set 1
critically evaluate the welfare effects of government Problem Set 2
intervention in various markets through economic policy. Problem Set 3
LO9: Exhibit willingness to determine and contribute to Problem Set 1
desirable social outcomes. Problem Set 3
LO10: Develop capacity to be open to objective and Problem Set 1
constructive feedback from supervisors and peers. Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
LO11: Develop a capacity for and willingness to engage in Problem Set 1
self-reflection. Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
LO12: Develop willingness to navigate difficult social Problem Set 1
situations, diffuse conflict, and engage positively in Problem Set 2
purposeful debate. Problem Set 3
LEARNING PLAN:
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Learning Week Topic Learning Activities
Outcome
Mathematical Review Reading assignment (Fourth Hour):
Besanko and Braeutigam
Mathematical Appendix (pp. 729–758)
Nicholson and Snyder, Chapter 2 (pp. 21-58)
Varian, Mathematical Appendix
Models of Imperfect Competition
LO1 1 Models of Monopoly Lecture, Recitation, Discussion (In-class)
LO3 Workout of assigned problems, Reading
LO5 assignment (Fourth Hour):
LO7 Problem Set 1
LO8 Lecture Notes: Monopoly
LO9 Perloff, Chs. 11(11.1-11.6) and 12 (12.1-12.5)
LO10 Besanko and Braeutigam, Chs. 11 (11.1-11.6) and
LO11 12 (12.1-12.4)
LO12 Varian Chs. 25, 26 (26.1 to 26.6)
2 Short Quiz 1
Models of Monopoly Lecture, Recitation, Discussion (In-class)
Workout of assigned problems, Reading
assignment (Fourth Hour):
Problem Set 1
Lecture Notes: Monopoly
Perloff, Chs. 11 (11.1-11.6) and 12 (12.1-12.5)
Besanko and Braeutigam, Chs. 11 (11.1-11.6) and
12 (12.1-12.4)
Varian Chs. 25, 26 (26.1 to 26.6)
Oral presentation of Assignment 1
3 Short Quiz 2
Models of Monopoly Lecture, Recitation, Discussion (In-class)
Workout of assigned problems, Reading
assignment (Fourth Hour):
Problem Set 1
Lecture Notes: Monopoly
Perloff, Chs. 11 (11.1-11.6) and 12 (12.1-12.5)
Besanko and Braeutigam, Chs. 11 (11.1-11.6) and
12 (12.1-12.4)
Varian Chs. 25, 26 (26.1 to 26.6)
4 Short Quiz 3
Models of Monopoly Lecture, Recitation, Discussion (In-class)
Workout of assigned problems, Reading
assignment (Fourth Hour):
Problem Set 1
Lecture Notes: Monopoly
Perloff, Chs. 11 (11.1-11.6) and 12 (12.1-12.5)
Besanko and Braeutigam, Chs. 11 (11.1-11.6) and
12 (12.1-12.4)
Varian Chs. 25, 26 (26.1 to 26.6)
Oral presentation of Assignment 2
5 Lecture, Recitation, Discussion (In-class)
Models of Oligopoly Workout of assigned problems, Reading
assignment (Fourth Hour):
Problem Set 2
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